Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željka Cvijanović stated today in Banja Luka that in Bosnia and Herzegovina “there is no Islamophobia, but Serbophobia” because, according to her, through everything that has happened in the last 30 years, Serbs have been left without much in BiH.
“The abuse and usurpation of institutions is Serbophobia. Serbs have been left without authority, without jurisdiction, without electoral will, and now we should also be left without a voice because we must not say anything so that someone does not get angry because they believe that the state belongs only to them. It does not,” Cvijanović said at a press conference in Banja Luka.
Cvijanović emphasized that the Constitution is there to be respected, as well as the Dayton Agreement.
“If the Dayton Agreement were respected, then there would be little respect for it in the Federation of BiH, but they do not mark that date because they consider it a transitional solution and our citizens need to know that,” said Cvijanović.
Cvijanović asked what the purpose of the statement by Bosniak representatives in which they claim to be defending themselves from a false narrative is.
“If it is false, you have nothing to defend yourself from. It is never good to define positions within multinational communities in this way, and in Sarajevo and the FBiH, there are mouths full of stories about how we live in a multiethnic country,” Cvijanović emphasized.
According to her, everything we see on the scene represents “the usurpation of all possible authorities and institutions of the system.”
“We have seen this for many years and decades,” said Cvijanović.
She emphasized that she also experiences this way of defining the positions of one community within BiH, which connects politics with what religious institutions are.
Cvijanović expressed satisfaction with the fact that the Serbian Orthodox Church and the institutions of Republika Srpska clearly understand their connection and common tasks, but also what is whose domain of work.
Cvijanović called for unity and conciliation within Republika Srpska.
“We ask that there be consensus on these issues within the Republika Srpska and we do not look at who is of which political affiliation. We in the Republika Srpska do not look at who is of which religion or nationality, all citizens here are welcome residents of the Republika Srpska,” said Cvijanović.
